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Had a reality check tonight, we live in a Victorian terrace built in 1892, over the last 2-3 months we've had a really bad fishy smell intermittently occur in our house near the kitchen, it's been driving me mad, I've had Dyno Rod out to clear the drains thinking it was coming up through the sink.
I've been on me hands and knees and checking behind work units, had all the kitchen cupboards emptied in case a tin had leaked or food had gone off.
It happened again today and while my next door neighbour was here, he obviously coukd smell it and suggested I google it as he could remember something about the smell being related to burning electrics.
I did check and the internet is full of info about this connection and the dangers, I checked every socket, plug, appliance etc, found nothing, we're covered by British Gas Home Care so I rang them at 7:05 tonight and explained and by 7:45 they had an electrician in my house.
He had a thermal camera and when he pointed it at the fuse box part of it was glowing red hot!
It turns out the Nuetral wire into the house has been overheating and the cover has melted, all the power in the house has now been turned off till tomorrow as it can cause a fire and is extremely dangerous, tomorrow we will have to have a new fuse box fitted.
Couple of pictures showing the wire below.
Just a warning for anyone out there, I'd never heard of a fishy smell being associatted with burning wires and it's been a bit of a shock.
I've been on me hands and knees and checking behind work units, had all the kitchen cupboards emptied in case a tin had leaked or food had gone off.
It happened again today and while my next door neighbour was here, he obviously coukd smell it and suggested I google it as he could remember something about the smell being related to burning electrics.
I did check and the internet is full of info about this connection and the dangers, I checked every socket, plug, appliance etc, found nothing, we're covered by British Gas Home Care so I rang them at 7:05 tonight and explained and by 7:45 they had an electrician in my house.
He had a thermal camera and when he pointed it at the fuse box part of it was glowing red hot!
It turns out the Nuetral wire into the house has been overheating and the cover has melted, all the power in the house has now been turned off till tomorrow as it can cause a fire and is extremely dangerous, tomorrow we will have to have a new fuse box fitted.
Couple of pictures showing the wire below.
Just a warning for anyone out there, I'd never heard of a fishy smell being associatted with burning wires and it's been a bit of a shock.
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